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Article: Paris Between Empires: 1814-1852. (Reviews).(Brief Article)
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- Contemporary Review
- Article date:
- January 1, 2002
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Paris Between Empires: 1814-1852. Philip Mansel. John Murray. [pounds sterling]25.00. 559 pages. ISBN 0-7195-5627-9. This deeply researched and elegantly written work covers a fascinating period in French history, from the fall of the first Napoleon to the successful coup by his nephew. Mr Mansel is the author of a much admired biography of King Louis XVIII and he brings his knowledge of and sympathy for that much ridiculed monarch to this book where he shows the genuine achievements of the Bourbon Restoration. The book moves ...
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